Mountbatten Family Home

Charles prince of wales and lord louis mountbatten louis 1st earl mountbatten of burma 1900 1979 cutting a ribbon to allow the public to enter lord mountbattens home.

Mountbatten family home. The title of count of battenberg later prince of battenberg was granted to a morganatic branch of the house of hesse darmstadt. Broadlands the mountbattens home in romsey hampshire broadlands is considered one of the finest examples of mid georgian architecture in england. The great grandson of queen victoria mountbatten the uncle of prince philip was born in 1900 at frogmore house windsor as prince louis of battenberg a title he lost when he and other royals. Lord louis mountbatten known as dickie to his close friends and family was a german artistocrat who had significant influence over the lives of royal family members.

The house is open to the public for guided tours on weekday afternoons in summer. It stands serenely in a unique place in british history having had several distinguished owners and many of its important visitors have helped to shape the course of history. Broadlands is the home of the earl and countess mountbatten of burma. The name is a direct anglicisation of the german battenberg a small town in hesse.

The first battenbergs were a family of german counts that died out about 1314 and whose seat was the castle of kellerburg near battenberg in hesse. On 1 august 2004 irish vocal pop band westlife held a concert at broadlands as part of their turnaround tour promoting their album turnaround. The assassination of mountbatten was the first blow struck against the british royal family by the ira during its long terrorist campaign to drive the british out of northern ireland and unite it. The name was adopted during world war i by members of the battenberg family residing in the united kingdom due to rising anti german sentiment amongst the british public.

Battenberg family english mountbatten a family that rose to international prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries the name being a revival of a medieval title. The mountbatten family is a british dynasty originating as a cadet branch of the german princely battenberg family.